The Death of Osama bin Laden and the Middle-Path of Buddhism.

(World War II Holocaust memorial in San Francisco, California, USA.Photo by Victor Zhang).James: I believe that we should avoid killing 99.9% of the time but sometimes it's unavoidable. However, I believe we must walk the middle-path between killing out of vengeance and killing to protect and save countless other lives. Osama bin Laden was a threat to innocent lives the world over and sometimes killing one person is the right action to protect millions. I think it comes down to what action causes...

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Retailer Safeway recalls certain foodstuffs

span class="articleLocation">(Reuters) - U.S. grocery operator Safeway Inc said it expanded its recall on edibles containing grape tomatoes in several states, due to possible salmonella contamination.The company recalled the cubes of meat called kabobs, which include grape tomatoes, from its Safeway, Vons, Pavilions and Pak N Save stores in several states including Arizona and California.On May 2, the company had recalled cafe salads and deli salads made with grape tomatoes.Safeway said no illness...

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Who is now on the World's Most Wanted list?

He wasn't the World's Most Wanted Man. Officially, at least, there's no such thing. But when Osama bin Laden died from a shot to the head and another to the chest sometime between midnight and 1.30am local time on Monday, the man who, in the popular western imagination, held arguably the best – and certainly the best-publicised – claim to be regarded as such left behind him something of a conundrum for those who compile such lists: who could replace him?It's not such a straightforward question. Leaving aside such niceties as one man's evil terrorist mastermind being another man's blessed...

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Air search for missing cruise passenger to resume

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard planned to resume an aerial search Wednesday for a woman who went missing from a cruise ship somewhere between San Diego and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.The 65-year-old woman, whose name was not released, did not show up for a customs check when the Celebrity Millennium docked in San Diego around 1 p.m. Tuesday, Coast Guard Petty Officer Henry Dunphy sa...

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Defeating the Enemy Greatest

By Maha Acarya Lian Sheng on August 18, 1996 Quoted by Zhiwei Zhu   Today I will talk about the true meaning of bhavana. Mandarin term "Xing Zhe" means the person who trained spiritual. Sun Go Kong, the main character in the story Journey to the West, also known as Sun Xing Zhe because he is a sadhaka surnamed Sun.   As sadhaka, do you know the true meaning of bhavana? Too bad many Buddhists behavior and his mind is not a good example. In my view, they...

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